Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static String readFile(String filename) { String content = null; File file = new File(filename); //for ex foo.txt try { FileReader reader = new FileReader(file); char[] chars = new char[(int) file.length()]; reader.read(chars); content = new String(chars); reader.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return content; } }